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elpais.com • Politics • Cuba
A high-ranking Cuban military official's defection to the US is considered a major intelligence coup for the Americans, highlighting internal discontent within the Cuban regime.
newyorker.com • Psychology • World
This article explores the resurgence of the term "brainwashing" in the context of modern political polarization and social media, examining its historical usage and the complexities of coercive persuasion.
nybooks.com • Politics • USA
This article examines the extensive history of domestic surveillance and lawbreaking by US intelligence agencies, revealing a pattern of thought control and second-class citizenship for ideological suspects.
pragmatika.media • Architecture • World
This article explores the history, design, and repurposing of bunkers from World War II and the Cold War, highlighting their architectural significance and diverse post-war uses.
foreignaffairs.com • Politics • World
This article analyzes Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, focusing on his foreign policy decisions, particularly the Vietnam War, and how they impacted both domestic and international affairs.
foreignaffairs.com • Politics • World
This article argues that the West, particularly the US and its European allies, bears significant responsibility for the Ukraine crisis due to its policies of NATO enlargement, EU expansion, and democracy promotion, which it claims threatened Russia's strategic interests.
editorialedomani.it • Politics • Italy
Declassified documents reveal the CIA's secret funding of Italy's Nenni Socialist Party to counter the Communist threat and support NATO.
riffreporter.de • History • World
Declassified Cold War spy satellite images are providing researchers with a unique historical record to study the effects of climate change.
foreignaffairs.com • Politics • World
The article argues that the United States should aim to win its competition with China, not just manage it, by adopting a more confrontational approach to counter Beijing's expansionist strategy and global chaos.
nytimes.com • Obituary • World
Max Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times, passed away at 94, leaving behind a legacy of impactful reporting and leadership.
vilaweb.cat • History • Menorca
This article recounts the history of a now-abandoned American military communication base on Menorca, exploring its impact on the island's people and its current state of disrepair and planned repurposing.
foreignpolicy.com • Politics • World
The article analyzes the United States' squandered post-Cold War dominance and its failure to effectively build and maintain a liberal international order, ultimately leading to its weakened global influence.
foreignaffairs.com • Politics • World
This article challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding the liberal international order, arguing that its success is overstated and its future threatened less by Trump than by broader geopolitical shifts.
dailymail.co.uk • Espionage • World
This article recounts the dramatic and perilous exfiltration of a KGB colonel and his family from Lithuania to Britain in 1992, highlighting the challenges and near-farcical events faced by MI6 agents.
rebeldemule.org • Literature • World
This article details the Cold War propaganda battle surrounding Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago', highlighting the CIA's role in its publication and distribution.
epochtimes.com • Politics • World
This article analyzes the consequences of Western appeasement policies toward China after the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, highlighting the resulting rise of China as a global military power and the current geopolitical tensions.